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Photos: Attempted coup in Burundi

May 13, 2015 2:16PM ET

Celebration in the streets as a general announces that President Nkurunziza has been overthrown

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A man celebrates in Bujumbura, May 13, 2015, after an announcement by Major General Godefroid Niyombare that President Pierre Nkurunziza had been overthrown. Jennifer Huxta / AFP / Getty Images
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Police officers detain a man in Bujumbura, May 13, 2015. The president’s office issued a statement refuting the claim of a coup, while Nkurunziza himself boarded a plane back to Burundi. Landry Nshimiye AFP / Getty Images
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The conflicting accounts of who is in charge have left the situation in the country unclear. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Demonstrators have been coming to the streets for the last few weeks to protest Nkurunziza’s announcement that he would seek a third term, though that had been prohibited by the constitution. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Protesters attack Medikintos Inabeza, 33, a female police officer they said had shot a protestor during the demonstrations, May 12, 2015. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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The accused police officer is dragged through the street. Photographer Goran Tomasevic said that he did not see the shooting, but came upon a half dozen protesters pushing the woman, who were soon joined by others. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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The protesters beat the policewoman badly. Some threatened her with knives. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Though other policemen did not help the accused officer at first, ultimately one came to her aide. After a while the protesters dispersed. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

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